Safety sleeping garment



Oct. 3, 1950 K. DEVIN 2,524,429

SAFETY SLEEPING GARMENT Filed June 23, 1948 INVENTOR KATHERINE DE VIN. @bbd- Mm mm & ATTQRNEY Patented Oct. 3, 1950 UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE 2,524,429 SAFETY SLEEPING GARMENT f Katherine Devin, Hollywood, Calif. Application June 23, 1948, Serial No. 34,580

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a safety sleeping garment designed for infants and small children.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a garment which will keep the body of the child using the garment covered at all times.

Another object of my invention is to provide a safety sleeping garment which will prevent the child using the garment from getting any portionof his head below the neckpiece of the garment.

Another object of my invention is to provide a safety sleeping garment which will prevent the child using the garment from turning upside down, that is, reversing its head and foot positions.

Another object of my invention is to provide a safety sleeping garment which While preventing the child using the garment for turning upside down, does not interfere with the child shifting bodily from one side of the bed to the other, from rolling over, or with the leg or arm movement of the child.

Another object of my invention is to provide a safety sleeping garment which will prevent the child using the garment from getting any portion of his head or neck beneath any ties or other portion of the garment whatever.

The above and other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following specification aken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan View bodying the features of Fig. 2 is a section line 2-2 of Fig. 1 with and Fig. 3 is a plan view similar to Fig. l on a larger scale showing the garment before it is secured to the crib and before the child is posttioned in it.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral Ill refers to a safety sleeping garment which includes a central body portion ll, neckpiece [2, arm openings I3 and leg openings I4. The central body portion ll may be provided with a slidable of a safety garment emmy invention, taken generally along the sheets and blankets added,

fastener IE or other suitable means for opening and closing the garment. The neckpiece I2 is of such size and shape that the baby cannot get his head down into the garment. The leg openings l4 and the crotch portion N5 of the garment are provided with hook fasteners I1, or other suitable means to allow for change of clothing, and are of such size and shape that the child cannot pull his legs up through the leg openings.

Means are provided to prevent the child from turning upside down, that is, reversethe head the 2 and foot positions, but which means do not interfere with the child shifting bodily from one the other, from rolling over, or

with the leg or arm movement of the child. As

an instance of thisarrangement, the side portions 20 of the garment are provided with lateral bands garment. The outer ends 22 of the lateral bands 2| are adapted to be secured to side boards 23 or other portions of the crib 24 by means of ties 25. In order to prevent the child from turning upside down it is also necessary to secure the lower portion of the garment I 0 to a foot rail (not shown) or other portion of the crib at the foot of the crib by means of ties 26.

Fig. 3 shows the garment before it is secured to the crib by means of the ties and before the child is positioned in it. Although I prefer to crib before positioning secured to the crib.

The sheet 30 obviously may be changed with out unsecuring the cured to the crib.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, uses and advantages of the garment of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the inven tion appertains. While I have described the form of my invention which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the garment shown is merely illustrative and that the invention is not to be limited to the details disclosed herein, but is to be accorded the full scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A safety sleeping garment of the class described comp-rising: a body receiving portion for receiving and covering approximately the entire body of a child, and side pieces secured di rectly to the sides of said body receiving portion, said side pieces approximately as long as the sides of said body receiving portion whereby the occupant is prevented from turning upside down, and means for securing the lower end of said body receiving portion to supports.

2. A safety sleeping garment of the class described comprising: a body receiving portion for receiving and covering approximately the entire body of a child, said body receiving portion being provided with arm and leg openings, and side pieces secured directly to the sides of said body receiving portion, said side pieces being approximately as long as the sides of said body receiving portion whereby the occupant is prevented from turning upside down, and means for securing the ends of said side pieces to supports.

3. A safety sleeping garment of the class described comprising: a body receiving portion for receiving and covering approximately the entire body of a child, said body receiving portion being provided with arm and leg openings, said body receiving portion adjacent said leg openings being adapted to be secured by ties to supports so that the child cannot turn upside down, and side pieces secured directly to the sides of said body receiving portion, said side pieces being approximately as long as the sides of said body receiving portion whereby the octurning upside down, the ends of said side cupant is prevented from and means for securing pieces to supports.

4. A safety sleeping garment of the class described comprising: a body receiving portion for REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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Widetsky Mar. 29, 1949 

